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you're talking about libya and egypt? >> libya. just libya. do we know -- just libya. do we know if the group that launched the grenade actually coordinated with the protesters or the protesters were aware or talking with the other group, the grenade group, in this attack that happened in libya in the consulate there? >> we do not know that, but at this stage it does appear that there was this core and, remember, what secretary of state hillary clinton said this morning. a small and vicious group, which was carrying out this attack, so, again, not totally confirmed, but it would appear that there is a demonstration going on, and then this core uses that and attacks. >> is the state department, is the secretary -- are they close at all to identifying who that group might have been? is there an investigation that is taking place with libyan authorities to find out who did this? >> oh, they are definitely starting that. the fbi will be involved, but at this point it's very early, and nobody is definitively saying who did that. >> all right. jill, thank you very much. very
you're talking about libya and egypt? >> libya. just libya. do we know -- just libya. do we know if the group that launched the grenade actually coordinated with the protesters or the protesters were aware or talking with the other group, the grenade group, in this attack that happened in libya in the consulate there? >> we do not know that, but at this stage it does appear that there was this core and, remember, what secretary of state hillary clinton said this morning. a small and...
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our next guest spent a great deal of time in libya. in fact she just left libya yesterday. joining us on the phone, ann marlow, a visiting fellow from the hudson institute and we'll get to your blog where you revealed questions and concerns about security in the country but you just talked to a friend on the ground there today. what's the reaction inside of libya to this knows of the ambassador being murdered? >> well, my friend who is a grand nephew of libya's former king idris, he is in benghazi. he actually just flew into benghazi from tripoli today and when he called me was at the courthouse square where the revolution had its symbolic beginnings and there is a demonstration right now what he estimated about 150 people carrying signs in both arabic and english attacking the people who killed chris stevens, saying that his help to the country deserved respect, saying that he was a friend of libya and condemning al qaeda. now the interesting thing of course is that it is a very small demonstration. when i was in benghazi last spring, you used to be able to get hundreds an
our next guest spent a great deal of time in libya. in fact she just left libya yesterday. joining us on the phone, ann marlow, a visiting fellow from the hudson institute and we'll get to your blog where you revealed questions and concerns about security in the country but you just talked to a friend on the ground there today. what's the reaction inside of libya to this knows of the ambassador being murdered? >> well, my friend who is a grand nephew of libya's former king idris, he is in...
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it goes beyond libya. it goes to our security as a nation and what i would like to hear from each of you participating and thank you, if you could, provide your thoughts on the range of possible responses that we have as a nation. educate me to what you think we can do. all the while respecting what we would all like to see achieved in libya which is the establishment of a free and productive democracy. thank you. >> want to >> [talking over each other] >> you go first. >> going to the question, specifically the issue of -- there are two components that need to happen. one is a comprehensive effective plan for security and not just generic meaning you got to get the partners in libya concerned with security and the defense industry and joint chiefs of staff and a couple other agencies and they have a security council of sorts that uni effective discussions building on the tool veiny. a . any intervention from a country -- will have its the implications. there is the dynamic of having an effective force in
it goes beyond libya. it goes to our security as a nation and what i would like to hear from each of you participating and thank you, if you could, provide your thoughts on the range of possible responses that we have as a nation. educate me to what you think we can do. all the while respecting what we would all like to see achieved in libya which is the establishment of a free and productive democracy. thank you. >> want to >> [talking over each other] >> you go first....
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in libya is that you know very strong anti american sentiment that remains not just in libya but there i say across the muslim world and although the arab spring did a lot to perhaps strengthen the relationship between the west and indeed the muslim world there is still an awful lot of suspicion and indeed distrust as to the role of america in the middle east and north africa and let's not forget that this is also due to because of the the west's use keenly of violence itself to justify its own political and you know it's become routine no you hear about the drone strikes taking out alleged terrorists all indeed interventions taking sides into civil war effectively as was the case in libya to bring about regime change in a country like libya and that a kind of interventionism still triggers and very strong anti-american sentiment you know mohamed you said you knew a lot about syria so would you like to see nato intervention in syria in light of what's happened in libya i would say i would say i would say that people in there are not really asking for the people are in syria are our sch
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and then he left libya. he went back at the height of the fighting, he was with the rebels in benghazi. before there was sort of an official consulate and establishment there. and that obviously prior to being appointed as ambassador. he knew benghazi. he knew the rebels in benghazi. he felt very comfortable there. this is not your typical sort of starched white shirt ambassador. this was a guy who was a real professional. who rolled his sleeves up, who wanted to help the libyans get the freedom that they have fought for. and so, it's an extraordinary loss not only for the state department, and obviously chris' family, but for the country. my only experience there has been libya was in a very fragile security situation and really needs the attention and support of the international community. and so, look, unfortunately, it will now get the attention it needed before this tragedy. it will get it now, because of this. >> right, fran, by all accounts chris stevens was a very special man with a very special aff
and then he left libya. he went back at the height of the fighting, he was with the rebels in benghazi. before there was sort of an official consulate and establishment there. and that obviously prior to being appointed as ambassador. he knew benghazi. he knew the rebels in benghazi. he felt very comfortable there. this is not your typical sort of starched white shirt ambassador. this was a guy who was a real professional. who rolled his sleeves up, who wanted to help the libyans get the...
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back to libya. i want to get back to libya, because he loved the country so much. really one of the most popular guys. really, as you can see from those pictures there, a good-looking guy. really popular with the ladies at the state department. everyone really liked him a lot. he was just seen as a really nice guy. no agenda. no ego. just wanted to get at the important work of the u.s. government in libya and around the world. >> we know he was in benghazi at the u.s. consulate there. we know there are three other people who were killed with him, probably state department people according to one of our sources. but we're still waiting for state department confirmation. when can we expect that? >> i think it's going to be comi in the next few hours. even sources that i call regularly and are really good about picking up the phone, everybody right now is hunkering down, in meetings. they've been up all night, because we were working on -- they were working on the embassy issue in cairo, and also tryin
back to libya. i want to get back to libya, because he loved the country so much. really one of the most popular guys. really, as you can see from those pictures there, a good-looking guy. really popular with the ladies at the state department. everyone really liked him a lot. he was just seen as a really nice guy. no agenda. no ego. just wanted to get at the important work of the u.s. government in libya and around the world. >> we know he was in benghazi at the u.s. consulate there. we...
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aircraft landed in libya. it is expected to take off any time now with the four dead as well as wounded in the benghazi attack. we expect that to happen any time. it is not clear whether they will be brought to the u.s. or brought to another military hospital in route. there are no u.s. personnel left in the consulate in benghazi. a house now being guarded by local libyan release. 50 marines will not be going to the site of the attack in benghazi. they will stay in the capital to protect the embassy. >> in a world where everyone can post on-line to the world, jennifer, we are now faced with this guy in florida, this quote, preacher, unquote, who has a congregation of much less than 40 it is my understanding who put a video on-line apparently really, really disparaging the prophet mohammed and inflaming at least part of the world. that may not be the reason the attack on the ambassador happened but it has contributed. the top u.s. general has called this guy in florida. his name i don't want to use because i do
aircraft landed in libya. it is expected to take off any time now with the four dead as well as wounded in the benghazi attack. we expect that to happen any time. it is not clear whether they will be brought to the u.s. or brought to another military hospital in route. there are no u.s. personnel left in the consulate in benghazi. a house now being guarded by local libyan release. 50 marines will not be going to the site of the attack in benghazi. they will stay in the capital to protect the...
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ambassador to libya were killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. crowds of protesters setting fire to the building, expressing their anger over a low-budget film that is considered offensive to islam. chris stevens, u.s. ambassador to libya, died in a rocket attack that also killed three security staff members. the last time an ambassador was killed by terrorists was in 1979. in cairo, egypt, protesters scaled the wall of the u.s. embassy and ripped down the american flag. joining me now, author and senior fellow at stanford universi university, fouad ajami. >> this is extremely sad. sometimes words cannot express the absurdity and horror of such things. we've been here before. more than two decades ago the famous episode of writing a book that muslims considered offensive and then people died. protests greeted the publication of the book. an offensive film is met with a deeply offensive and violent attack on the consulate in benghazi. the sadness of it is that ambassador stevens worked long and hard for the liberation of the libyan people from the
ambassador to libya were killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. crowds of protesters setting fire to the building, expressing their anger over a low-budget film that is considered offensive to islam. chris stevens, u.s. ambassador to libya, died in a rocket attack that also killed three security staff members. the last time an ambassador was killed by terrorists was in 1979. in cairo, egypt, protesters scaled the wall of the u.s. embassy and ripped down the american flag....
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the attack in benghazi, libya. what more are we learning about the attacks and the measures the state department is trying to take to ensure the safety of its personnel left in benghazi, tripoli, and elsewhere? >> you have a couple of things, anderson. what they're trying to do is make sure the security of the people who are left, and that's only in tripoli, not in benghazi, is assured, so they're sending some marines. it's kind of like a quick reaction for us to the embassy in tripoli to beef that up. they're also notifying troops around the world that potentially they could be used in various ways to ensure the security of american personnel and then, of course, as you mentioned, you've got the destroyers. this would be the destroyers and the drones would be used more, let's say, if the president determined that it was a time to strike against whoever was the group that carried out this attack. >> and we'll have a look back at the life of the ambassador, a remarkable career. jill and jomana, we'll check in with y
the attack in benghazi, libya. what more are we learning about the attacks and the measures the state department is trying to take to ensure the safety of its personnel left in benghazi, tripoli, and elsewhere? >> you have a couple of things, anderson. what they're trying to do is make sure the security of the people who are left, and that's only in tripoli, not in benghazi, is assured, so they're sending some marines. it's kind of like a quick reaction for us to the embassy in tripoli to...
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, and it was dealing with pirates off the coast of libya. the relationship between the united states and libya has been complex and complicated. on the one hand there are libyans that feel that the united states had tried under the former president, george bush, tried to bring gadhafi back into the fold of the international community following the lockerbie bombings, so there's resentment on that front, and there are a lot of libyans aware, although there is some suspicious surrounding the intervention of the united states and nato toppling libya, and there are a lot of libyans aware that the united states did play a major role in getting rid of the person that they called the brutal dictator that ruled them for years. it's a complex issue. i should add one more thing. this event, we are hearing reports and attributing it to libya, and it's a broad spectrum. we don't know the details of that yet. we know as small as they are, some strands of the sal sraez are capable of implicating large parts of public opinion. and we have been hearing repo
, and it was dealing with pirates off the coast of libya. the relationship between the united states and libya has been complex and complicated. on the one hand there are libyans that feel that the united states had tried under the former president, george bush, tried to bring gadhafi back into the fold of the international community following the lockerbie bombings, so there's resentment on that front, and there are a lot of libyans aware, although there is some suspicious surrounding the...
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go back to libya. now he is returning home one last time, shep, having given his life trying to create a better post qaddafi libya. shep? >> shepard: jonathan, thank you. i want you to see these live images coming to us from cairo, egypt. i will let the pictures speak for themselves. our producers have been watching closely over the lastun the air this evening and they have witnessed people throwing rocks and bottles and the like. general unrest. this is outside the american embassy in cairo. we have nothing to indicate that they have tried to penetrate that embassy. of course, security has been beefed up. but as to the murder of our ambassador, jonathan it, is the reporting that he was missing for a long time. and that nobody seemed to know where he was. further, that marines were not there to protect him at the time and that some of the locals actually took him to a hospital. >> yeah, that's right. what we know, shep, the initial attack occurred around 4:00 p.m. eastern. around 5:20 eastern, there wa
go back to libya. now he is returning home one last time, shep, having given his life trying to create a better post qaddafi libya. shep? >> shepard: jonathan, thank you. i want you to see these live images coming to us from cairo, egypt. i will let the pictures speak for themselves. our producers have been watching closely over the lastun the air this evening and they have witnessed people throwing rocks and bottles and the like. general unrest. this is outside the american embassy in...
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and now, in libya. and i think what secretary clinton did so well is to distinguish between the pride we all felt at helping libya become free with the chaos that now exists in that country that has enabled this security to be breached and our embassy attacked. >> i mean, clearly something went wrong. the question for you after the break is, did we do something wrong? is there a lapse on our part and our government? is it completely the fault of the libyan government? back right after this. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios [ dog ]you still have to go we found it together.upbeat ] on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. wthe future of our medicare andr electiosocial security. for... man 1:
and now, in libya. and i think what secretary clinton did so well is to distinguish between the pride we all felt at helping libya become free with the chaos that now exists in that country that has enabled this security to be breached and our embassy attacked. >> i mean, clearly something went wrong. the question for you after the break is, did we do something wrong? is there a lapse on our part and our government? is it completely the fault of the libyan government? back right after...
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ambassador in libya. but when you talk to ordinary member of the muslim brotherhood, it's a completely different message. >> another one of our courageous journalists. ben, please be careful yourself. >> now to that final journey home for the four americans killed in libya. joining suss robin wright, a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson center. she was a close personal friend of ambassador stevens. robin, such a sad day for all of us, especially for someone like you who knew him for 20 years. listen to the secretary of state at the memorial service today. >> people loved to work with chris. and as he rose through the ranks, they loved to work for chris. he was known not only for his courage but for his smile, goofy but contagious, for his sense of fun and that california cool. >> you knew him for about 20 years. you were at his swearing in ceremony when he became the ambassador. talk a little bit about how this has impacted you. i know even last week you were in touch with him
ambassador in libya. but when you talk to ordinary member of the muslim brotherhood, it's a completely different message. >> another one of our courageous journalists. ben, please be careful yourself. >> now to that final journey home for the four americans killed in libya. joining suss robin wright, a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson center. she was a close personal friend of ambassador stevens. robin, such a sad day for all of us, especially for...
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he always saw the good in libya, the potential in libya. and he was someone that was seen as having -- this was not a pinstripe diplomat. he was somebody who really got his hands dirty, rolled up his sleeves and went into the trenches working with the rebels. someone who really always tried to find the good in people. >> so he wasn't just walking around with a suit and tie and having diplomatic -- >> more like khakis and a t-shirt. >> and he spoke the language as well, which is critically important for united states -- >> fluent arabic speaker. >> i guess the mood -- you were at the state department today, it must be so somber just reflecting on him and the three others. >> it's definitely a sad day for the state department. as lisa said, since '79 an ambassador killed. but he was seen as the cream of the crop for the u.s. foreign service. he went to all these hot spots as his friends said. he was in syria, he was in jerusalem at the height of tensions there. and really somebody who was kind of an adventurer, really seen as someone who real
he always saw the good in libya, the potential in libya. and he was someone that was seen as having -- this was not a pinstripe diplomat. he was somebody who really got his hands dirty, rolled up his sleeves and went into the trenches working with the rebels. someone who really always tried to find the good in people. >> so he wasn't just walking around with a suit and tie and having diplomatic -- >> more like khakis and a t-shirt. >> and he spoke the language as well, which...
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mission in libya. they also claimed credit for a firebombing in may that targeted the red cross office in benghazi. they also claimed credit for that attack on june 6th that the u.s. consulate in benghazi, the ied attack, that ended up in that video. they also claimed credit nor an attack less than a week later on the british envoy to libya, the british one. that attack also taking place in benghazi. and then a week after that, islamist militants attacked another consulate in benghazi, the consulate of tunisia. so, yes, there is that video, this crude, anti-muslim video which is the latest anti-muslim provocation causing protests and riots around the world. we will talk more about that later. but what happened last night in libya does not seem to be the spontaneous outburst of a crowd that had its sensitivities offended by religious provocation. it does not seem to have been that kind of violence, at least at this early date. that angry religious mob phenomenon is part of the relevant context for under
mission in libya. they also claimed credit for a firebombing in may that targeted the red cross office in benghazi. they also claimed credit for that attack on june 6th that the u.s. consulate in benghazi, the ied attack, that ended up in that video. they also claimed credit nor an attack less than a week later on the british envoy to libya, the british one. that attack also taking place in benghazi. and then a week after that, islamist militants attacked another consulate in benghazi, the...
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he was an expert on libya. after the war, he was appointed as the representative to the opposition, which was a great distinction and he worked very hard and tirelessly in that role, both coordinating the response to the humanitarian crisis and serving as liaison to the opposition figures. he was a critical person for the administration in working through the problems in libya. it's a huge loss and it's not only a loss in terms of a great diplomat, but someone who was really important to the past and future of libya. >> elyse, what was he like personally? he, his family, the choices he made to go overseas? >> well, he was what you call this stage, a classic arabist. really loved the middle eastern region. really loved libya in particular and was really interested in helping this country build anew, but as one colleague put it today, he was just a very laid back guy. had this incredibly cool kind of northern california exterior, but inside, had this kind of burning desire to get it right. it's not that he wasn't
he was an expert on libya. after the war, he was appointed as the representative to the opposition, which was a great distinction and he worked very hard and tirelessly in that role, both coordinating the response to the humanitarian crisis and serving as liaison to the opposition figures. he was a critical person for the administration in working through the problems in libya. it's a huge loss and it's not only a loss in terms of a great diplomat, but someone who was really important to the...
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ambassador in libya. (chanting) >> meantime riots breaking out in tunisia where dozens of pro tests burning the american flag you suicide of the u.s. embassy. >> let's get the latest from our own gregg palkot who joins us live from london. a lot going on. what's the update? >> we were just speaking with a yemeni official. he tells me in fact the perimeter walls the security core done around the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen have been breached by protestors. he says there was damage done to the embassy grounds. he says the situation is under control. as you noted there was damage done the flag taken down. some injuries some destruction to u.s. property in that area. that is happening while we were also watching in cairo egypt were protests have gone on through tonight into today. police trying to deal with that situation now firing tear gas into a crowd. the anger in yemen and cairo and the anger we are hearing about from other countries as you hear about stemming from the movie "made in the u.s." s
ambassador in libya. (chanting) >> meantime riots breaking out in tunisia where dozens of pro tests burning the american flag you suicide of the u.s. embassy. >> let's get the latest from our own gregg palkot who joins us live from london. a lot going on. what's the update? >> we were just speaking with a yemeni official. he tells me in fact the perimeter walls the security core done around the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen have been breached by protestors. he says...
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therefore, very dangerous to libya. and from everything we can tell, they either opportunistically seized on this or caused it to happen. it's quite different from cairo in the sense it's not even clear there was a spontaneous gathering of a crowd there at all. clearly, there was a decision at some point by ansar says is a rogue group. there was a decision to use the incident as a kind of cover to carry out what appears to have been a pre-existing plan to destroy the consulate. i doubt they knew the ambassador was there. >> eliot: because there were rocket-propelled grenades used which makes you think people don't show up in the street firing rocket-propelled grenades. >> anti-aircraft weapons as well. >> eliot: this was serious weaponry. >> yes. >> eliot: does this comfort with what you heard a domestic terrorist group as james points out, domestic, not international group which would be plotting elsewhere? >> i have spent a lot of time tracking the role that al-qaeda and the mag ran has been playing this region throug
therefore, very dangerous to libya. and from everything we can tell, they either opportunistically seized on this or caused it to happen. it's quite different from cairo in the sense it's not even clear there was a spontaneous gathering of a crowd there at all. clearly, there was a decision at some point by ansar says is a rogue group. there was a decision to use the incident as a kind of cover to carry out what appears to have been a pre-existing plan to destroy the consulate. i doubt they...
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ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans in benghazi, libya. president obama is also scheduled to speak in the white house rose garden at about 10:35 eastern time. of course, we will bring that to you live. and now we want to go to the secretary of state, hillary clinton. she'll be coming through those doors there, and that is a treaty room of the state department. we have already heard from the secretary who has condemned these attacks. margaret brennan is at the state department. margaret? >> reporter: that's right, norah. the secretary has already condemned the attacks, but such a profound sadness at the passing of u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens, but also three other government personnel. we know that one other person killed in this attack was also a career foreign service officer by the name of sean smith. what is not clear at this point is what allowed for the security breach to really domino into what became an attack from which these u.s. government personnel could not be extracted. as of 10:00 p.m. yesterday evening, it was bel
ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans in benghazi, libya. president obama is also scheduled to speak in the white house rose garden at about 10:35 eastern time. of course, we will bring that to you live. and now we want to go to the secretary of state, hillary clinton. she'll be coming through those doors there, and that is a treaty room of the state department. we have already heard from the secretary who has condemned these attacks. margaret brennan is at the state...
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embassy in libya, including our u.s. ambassador to libya christopher stevens. i am joined by bret baier live in washington. we heard from governor romney and we await the president, bret. >> three big things here, one is obviously the death of ambassador stevens, well respected in the diplomatic core, and tragic death here with these protestors in firing a rocket-propelled grenade in the consulate in benghazi and three other americans killed there. if you look at the situation in libya, when gaddafi was removed not a single american service member or diplomat was killed in that whole operation and yet four have been lost here. secondly you have the overarching question about the arab spring, and how it is playing out, and how it is not playing out, much like it was sold at the beginning of the talk of the arab spring, when it was going from the beginning and then third is the politics of all of this. you just heard governor romney talking about that original statement from the cairo embassy, essentially saying that they were speaking down, condemning this video
embassy in libya, including our u.s. ambassador to libya christopher stevens. i am joined by bret baier live in washington. we heard from governor romney and we await the president, bret. >> three big things here, one is obviously the death of ambassador stevens, well respected in the diplomatic core, and tragic death here with these protestors in firing a rocket-propelled grenade in the consulate in benghazi and three other americans killed there. if you look at the situation in libya,...
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the two war ships off the coast of libya, back in libya. they are there, equipped with tomahawk missiles, ready to go if enough intelligence is collected, of course, and the president orders an into action. what seems to be emerging in libya is this belief of growing intelligence that some type of al qaeda-related affiliate or sympathizing group was responsible for the attack in benghazi. what you have? unmanned drones flying over eastern libya collecting intelligence. we are told every effort is being made to look at all of the intelligence, intercepts, communications, overhead imagery. see what they can locate, determine who was responsible and then they have these options now in place quite candidly to present to president obama. if there is some type of action, it can be done two ways. it can be done by libyan security forces, perhaps, but now the piece is in place in case the decision is made to move ahead with u.s. military force. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. u.s. war ships off the coast. thank you so much for giving us the lates
the two war ships off the coast of libya, back in libya. they are there, equipped with tomahawk missiles, ready to go if enough intelligence is collected, of course, and the president orders an into action. what seems to be emerging in libya is this belief of growing intelligence that some type of al qaeda-related affiliate or sympathizing group was responsible for the attack in benghazi. what you have? unmanned drones flying over eastern libya collecting intelligence. we are told every effort...
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ambassador to libya. the on-line film clip that sparked rioting in two embassies and the life of the ambassador himself. light get to it. cnn has learned in the past few minutes that u.s. officials now believe attackers in libya did not specifically target the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. targeted or not, ambassador stevens was killed along with three other members. me they planned to hit the consulate in benghazi, and were waitinged for an opportunity to strike. that opportunity came in a street riot last night. here's secretary of state hillary clinton today. >> he risked his life to stop a tyrant, then gave his life trying to help build a better libya. live at the state department now to ellise. first of all, to the new information we are getting here because this is very rare. we understand for an ambassador to be killed by terrorists. does it change how people feel about what has happened at the state department that people's dear friend and colleague that he was not targeted, but this wa
ambassador to libya. the on-line film clip that sparked rioting in two embassies and the life of the ambassador himself. light get to it. cnn has learned in the past few minutes that u.s. officials now believe attackers in libya did not specifically target the u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. targeted or not, ambassador stevens was killed along with three other members. me they planned to hit the consulate in benghazi, and were waitinged for an opportunity to strike. that opportunity...